2022 Garage Sale Thread

[Private Lugnutz]

Typical miscellaneous small haul (Lugz 2022_38) today.



- An ALLWAY patented snub saw with a composite handle that I have never seen before. (An "academic" purchase. Not many people in their right mind would care this much about such a common utilitarian tool, but the company intrigues me, and I have a little ALLWAY collection going.)

- WWII era Wittek aviation hose clamps. (Those key screws were turned with fingers or, when speed or volume was important, a wingnut socket and ratchet. I already have a few in my USAAF box and a few wingnut sockets from JO Mfg, often found with Plomb USAAF stuff, to boot. But I don't think I have any of the bigger one.)

- NB auto-kit type nested wrenches. (I have a few orphans, hoping to make a set one day, hoping these aren't dupes.)

- I'm not sure if the bends in the Armstrong-made "ROPER" wrench are factory or shop-made (but it's interesting enough in its own right because of the obstruction angles on the open ends and how thin the shank is, usually only seen on tappet wrenches, so an odd combination, and anything like that is instant buy for me, even if only for "academic" reasons.)

- Plomb shortie WF- DBE.

 

[Dave455]

Methinks in Brit parlance, all screwdrivers are turnscrews. In Yank parlance, only flat-shanked screwdrivers are turnscrews.

I’m pleased to say that in Brit parlance, a screwdriver is still a screwdriver.

The term “turnscrew” seems to be unique to certain industries, e.g. gunsmithing and cabinet making.

In those industries, the tools they are generally referring to are flat bladed / hollow ground, so I reckon your ”Yank parlance” definition is as good as any!

 

[LesserSon]

Heading to parents’ house for weekend…$1 at a roadside “antiques & collectibles”(junk) shop. Geometric C’man 3/8dr 12pt uni socket of undetermined size and a #29 Bonney B-shield DOE.

 

[LesserSon]

$6.25 at a second roadside shop. The most interesting piece to me is the Xcelite “patent applied for” 1/4” nutdriver.

 

[four.cycle]

^ is that a "D I" deep-well?

 

[d42jeep]

Looks like a D-I 9/16” deep to me. Those are 1/2” drive. Does that nutdriver have a red handle or is it yellow? I traded away my red handled one and now my set is incomplete.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

Here are some D-I 1/2” deep sockets. I would have added them to the previous post but I’m out of edits, as usual.
-Don

 

[LesserSon]

^ is that a "D I" deep-well?

Yes, but now I take a better look, cracked. Ornamental only.

Looks like a D-I 9/16” deep to me. Those are 1/2” drive. Does that nutdriver have a red handle or is it yellow? I traded away my red handled one and now my set is incomplete.
-Don

Yes, 9/16.
Some kind of red. Dim, vague red. Not like their later handles. Not quite orange, not quite amber; definitely not yellow.
Sour cherry, maybe; not sweet cherry or candy apple. Tawny port? (I haven’t had any recently.) Yeah, I’m going with tawny port.

 

[LesserSon]

Don, you had a set of these? Was the patent granted? To whom? Zilliox, Petri, Olsen? I don’t see it on DATAMP.

 

[LostBoy(IRL)]

I very seldom buy online, but spotted these on the bay and went for them.


Both in really nice condition.
My spokeshave from a few posts back cleaned up nice I think, I know they were black originally, but, well no buts I went a different route.

 

[d42jeep]

Don, you had a set of these? Was the patent granted? To whom? Zilliox, Petri, Olsen? I don’t see it on DATAMP.

I’m not sure that mine say patent applied for. Here is the original set followed by the ones I still have. I bought a 1/4” with a yellow handle just to have most all the sizes. Based on the finishes of the shafts, I was thinking that they might be wartIme.
-Don

 

[LesserSon]

Beautiful!
Don, I think the color of this 1/4 is closer to that 7/32 than the traded-away 1/4.
I wonder why they abandoned the no-roll flat sides on later versions. They don’t really roll, but they did lose some advertising space.

 

[jeffmoss26]

nice!

 

[Callelle]

Saw a post on Facebook marketplace for a guy selling Mac / Snap On sockets. I get there, he tells me a guy is on his way from out of state to take it all but I can pick through it a bit. I'm picking through it and he just says make me an offer and take everything so I don't have to wait for the other guy. I ask him what the other guy was paying and he said 300 and if I match it it's mine. Almost everything is Snap On / Blue Point, some Mac, GP, USA Craftsman. Maybe 1 in 30 pieces is junk brands. There are some brokens that I need to warranty but I think I did pretty well.

Had 4 broken Craftsman ratchets in this that I tried warrantying at Lowe's, they basically told me to piss off, so I contacted Craftsman customer support. These showed up today (a month later), I was expecting bottom end basic ratchets, since mine were nothing special, so it was a nice surprise.

 

[Lesserstore]

My dad and I went to an estate sale yesterday and here's what we picked up:

First and second pic:
Bosch Scintilla 1117 swiss made two speed drill. According to a 1976 catalog the trigger is supposed to be variable speed and is marked on the drill "VS" although it seems to just be like an on and off switch.

Third pic top to bottom:
Williams oval logo 1914-24, Whitman & Barnes, non-branded Vlchek, Williams unsure of date, Williams 1924-43/4 carbon steel wrench, and a Plomb WF-100 11/32 ignition wrench.

Fourth pic:
Husky 1/2 extension, wartime version of an Indestro 3201R, and a wartime Snap On 19/32 G code socket.

Fifth pic:
Late 1880s-1910s Spofford brace, late 1960s-1974 P&C brace.

Sixth pic:
Fuller Japan 190-6 diagonal cutters, and 191-6 thin nose slip joints. Slip joints are marked with the Sears code BF, more evidence for BF being Fuller and them being an import middleman for Sears.

 

[Lesserstore]

Part 2.
Seventh pic:

Unmarked wood handled screwdriver, Quick Wedge screwdriver, Corsair (Great Neck) Reed and Prince screwdriver, another unmarked wood handled screwdriver, little Indestro 1/8 screwdriver, and a Great Neck USA AA series #2 Phillips that fits screws surprisingly well for a bargain bin driver.

Eighth pic:
3 Jorgensen 2.5" c clamps, a Craftsman =V= and Thorsen 15/16" combos.

Ninth pic:
Master Mechanic Professional 20" toolbox made by Waterloo, with 26 Japanese and Taiwanese 3/4" sockets and 2 extensions.

Tenth pic:
Unbranded Japanese 3/4" ratchet identical to Craftsman except for the removable head.
Taiwanese 3/4" roundhead.

Eleventh pic:
Master Mechanic 6" adjustable made by Utica.

Twelfth pic:
Bernz gasoline torch.

The total price for all of this was $150, $125 of which was the box with the 3/4" stuff.

My dad stopped by a thrift store today and picked up this Hitachi 4x36" belt and 8" disc sander for $80.

 

[bmwrd0]

It has been hotter than the dickens here, so not much going on until today when I hit three sales.

The first was listed as the mother of all garage sales, and for once they were right. Not only was it huge, but there was a lot of good stuff, surprisingly.

I picked up some misc. reamers (all US and HSS), a chunk of petrified wood (I thought it was a sharpening stone at first), Starrett Last Word set, a giant brass key to hold keys (already claimed by the wife), a rusty Stanley 45 guide and one crossbar, Mossberg bicycle wrench, and a set of Millers Falls stamping figures with a sweet label. $20 for all of that.

The next stop was two women clearing out their late father's tools, of which there were a lot. They had already sold off the Corvette and Chevelles, along with a ton of parts, but I found some goodies:

Millers Falls no. 9 type 3 ('41 to '49), Goodell Pratt drill with full set of bits(forgot to check the number), Stanley 750 chisel, Craftsman 1/4" breaker, Plomb ratchet, and the find of the day, right in the middle is a PEXTO radio driver. When I took all of that up to the woman to pay, she looked at it all and said, "how about a dollar?"
"No, that isn't enough," I said
"Two?"
"How about ten," I said opening my wallet.

The final stop was a big shop sale, and I put that off until last as I knew it would be mobbed. And, sadly, it was mostly junk tools anyway, at least what was left, and I didn't see any signs of missing anything. But I did find these:

Three tap sets and a thread restorer kit.

Tomorrow is the big Steam Up, and I am planning to get there early for the swap meet and get out before the heat.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

A chunk of petrified wood (I thought it was a sharpening stone at first)

It could be both! In my experience pieces of petrified wood that are bought and sold and displayed among gem and stone people are rough, not finished in perfect rectangles in a box. There are some indicators that the old timers put great stock in it, and if you google it you'll find modern knife guys experimenting with petrified palm, German hickory and other wood.

When I took all of that up to the woman to pay, she looked at it all and said, "how about a dollar?"
"No, that isn't enough," I said
"Two?"
"How about ten," I said opening my wallet.

Good karma, Beemer. This comes up here periodically, and I've said before I am particularly generous with the elderly and especially veterans. But the last time it happened to me it was a precocious smiling little girl who was eager to help interact with the customers at the family's very busy flea table. When I told the dad what she was charging, I noticed she wasn't out front the next time I passed by!

a thread restorer kit.

Guessing JAW Mfg. They made gobs of them third party for decades. Two of the most precious items I have are chaser sets just like that, one set NF and copper colored in a red cardboard box, and one NC and steel in a blue cardboard box, both early MAC.

 

[alinc100]

Hit one sale Thursday ,once at lunch and once after work just to sift through the contents better. It was the darkest modern garage I'd been in in awhile. Flashlight plus a clip on light on my cap. Found some wrenches from Craftsman ,Bonney,MAC, Starrett mag base, Hole saw and mandrel,Wiss scissors,Petersen Vice Grips. One lonely Craftsman BE socket.

 

[3baygarage]

Typical miscellaneous small haul (Lugz 2022_38) today.



- An ALLWAY patented snub saw with a composite handle that I have never seen before. (An "academic" purchase. Not many people in their right mind would care this much about such a common utilitarian tool, but the company intrigues me, and I have a little ALLWAY collection going.)

- WWII era Wittek aviation hose clamps. (Those key screws were turned with fingers or, when speed or volume was important, a wingnut socket and ratchet. I already have a few in my USAAF box and a few wingnut sockets from JO Mfg, often found with Plomb USAAF stuff, to boot. But I don't think I have any of the bigger one.)

- NB auto-kit type nested wrenches. (I have a few orphans, hoping to make a set one day, hoping these aren't dupes.)

- I'm not sure if the bends in the Armstrong-made "ROPER" wrench are factory or shop-made (but it's interesting enough in its own right because of the obstruction angles on the open ends and how thin the shank is, usually only seen on tappet wrenches, so an odd combination, and anything like that is instant buy for me, even if only for "academic" reasons.)

- Plomb shortie WF- DBE.

The Armstrong wrench was manufactured that way. I have the same one, but its use idk.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

...but its use idk.

I have it on good authority from Beemer and 4.c that it's for a rope-making machine! See Armstrong thread for more.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Typical miscellaneous small haul (Lugz 2022_38) today.



- An ALLWAY patented snub saw with a composite handle that I have never seen before. (An "academic" purchase. Not many people in their right mind would care this much about such a common utilitarian tool, but the company intrigues me, and I have a little ALLWAY collection going.)

- WWII era Wittek aviation hose clamps. (Those key screws were turned with fingers or, when speed or volume was important, a wingnut socket and ratchet. I already have a few in my USAAF box and a few wingnut sockets from JO Mfg, often found with Plomb USAAF stuff, to boot. But I don't think I have any of the bigger one.)

- NB auto-kit type nested wrenches. (I have a few orphans, hoping to make a set one day, hoping these aren't dupes.)

- I'm not sure if the bends in the Armstrong-made "ROPER" wrench are factory or shop-made (but it's interesting enough in its own right because of the obstruction angles on the open ends and how thin the shank is, usually only seen on tappet wrenches, so an odd combination, and anything like that is instant buy for me, even if only for "academic" reasons.)

- Plomb shortie WF- DBE.

I have some of those hose clamps and knew they were of age but didn’t know they were that old. I will start picking them up more often. I pick up vintage hardware/screws/ nuts and bolts periodically if they can be had cheap because they look so cool with things/ shelves I make or little projects I do around our old house.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

They made them for the industry for a long time. They're not all WWII. I have some that are even older, and some newer. All of them have the patent numbers. I posted more on the JO Mfg thread, including a little demo with a Plomb rat. They are very handy for keeping wires and cables together.

 

[LesserSon]

MrsLS & I liberated my dad from yard chores today and drove down to the Loyalsock Valley Antique Machinery Association annual show at Bodines PA (which is actually located in the Lycoming Valley north of Trout Run). $5/head admission. Two inches of overnight rain had soaked just about everything. We spread out and walked around, admiring displays of tractors, engines, etc.
There were also some interesting toys. There was an auction going on, but I headed to the small flea market and picked up the following for $19.WH Phelps’ 1885 patent file holder, Erector screwdriver, Aetna 5/8x3/4 kit wrench, four tubular socket wrenches (unmarked or erroded by rust), complete A-Z & an extra M stamp set, Stanley **** chisel; BONNEY screwdriver, B-shield 550AS wrench, E1214 wrench, slipjoints, brakespring grabbers; Utica 777 pliers, DC 1731A wrench (pitted), MF push drill.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

four tubular socket wrenches (unmarked or erroded by rust),

Good find! Only two possible mfgrs: Braunsdorf-Mueller or Vlchek. Neither marking were very deep. They might be legible after you de-rust.

 

[RTM]

Here is today's small haul. A Raaco metal organizer with 15 drawers, only one broken handle or drawer. Misc hardware and a plumb bob inside, will probably trash 50% of it.




The loppers are Phoenix by Spyderman.com, a SoCal company. The blade had a big chunk missing, but a few minutes with the Dremel, and they are cutting like a champ. At 36" long, lots of leverage, and the aluminum beam gives a light weight.

The box included a name tag with this logo, per Google Lens a 1958 Thunderbird logo. Trying to tie the name to a car club, auto mechanic, etc. The named person was born in 1909, so a 50 year old guy w a T-Bird. Sweet Ride. (just saw a 1962 two seater Thursday night, land yacht category)

 

[Madjik Man]

Thought these were cool at the local flea market. $0.50 for all three.

I particularly like the Hamms one because it's the second worst beer I've ever drank in my life, lol.

No idea the era of these. I'd imagine the 70s (for no particular reason)

 

[Davefr]

Crappage of the day. This pile was $1/ea except for the little nozzle. The 1/2" ratchet looks like it was a Chrysler promotional item stamped Chrysler M.T.S.C. Award.


A SO KRA-155 chest full of pneumatic hammer bits. $10. A couple of the bit are real oddballs.


Three Stihl bars for $5/ea and some gun books for $1/ea.



Canon Binocs $2



These are really cool brass Soapbox Derby Trophies from 1954 and 1955. I couldn't resist for $1/ea. It's a shame they couldn't have remained in the winner's family.


Finally a box full of household, automotive and outdoor chemicals from the free pile.

 

[cmccuist1]

Another retired old man tool sale. He had a Proto side saddle box and it was FULL! $50. Starrett 6" rules, scribes, thread pitch gauges, and a good sized Starrett box that just had drill chuck keys. A nice assortment or Proto tools including a snap ring pliers set, an internal pipe wrench and 1/4 drive socket set. One drawer was completely full of drill bits. Probably 300 total. Another drawer had about a dozen or so end mills, boring bars, center drills, etc. Then about a whole bin full of taps, a Williams ratchet, an Armstrong ratchet, files, tubing bender, Channelock pliers and other misc that is in every tool box.

 

[Davefr]

Another retired old man tool sale. He had a Proto side saddle box and it was FULL! $50. Starrett 6" rules, scribes, thread pitch gauges, and a good sized Starrett box that just had drill chuck keys. A nice assortment or Proto tools including a snap ring pliers set, an internal pipe wrench and 1/4 drive socket set. One drawer was completely full of drill bits. Probably 300 total. Another drawer had about a dozen or so end mills, boring bars, center drills, etc. Then about a whole bin full of taps, a Williams ratchet, an Armstrong ratchet, files, tubing bender, Channelock pliers and other misc that is in every tool box.

^^^That's a definite "You ****"!

 

[bbbarracuda]

Hamms one because it's the second worst beer I've ever drank in my life

Ok, now I gotta know, what’s the worst?
It has to go a ways to be worse than Hamms

 

[Private Lugnutz]

These are really cool brass Soapbox Derby Trophies from 1954 and 1955.

Nice! It is a shame, but on the other hand, the plaques are removable! The repurposing possibilities, from gag to genuine, abound. Car show trophies. Goofing around with grandsons racing trophies. (You may not recall but a few years ago I bought a soapbox derby car at a flea market - and I am just waiting for mine to grow into it!) World's worst driver trophies. Or as is. They're just cool.

 

[Madjik Man]

Ok, now I gotta know, what’s the worst?
It has to go a ways to be worse than Hamms

It’s a toss up between:
Lost Lake, Schaffers or Schlitz.

They all tasted awful but I’m trying to remember which one cause more liver pain.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Schaffers

"Schaefer's, is the, one beer to have, when you're haaaving more than oooooone!"

 

[Madjik Man]

"Schaefer's, is the, one beer to have, when you're haaaving more than oooooone!"

Their slogan should be, “Shaefer’s, is the, one beer to have, when you haaaaaave more than ooooone liver!”

 

[bbbarracuda]

“Schlitz, when you just want alcohol, and don’t care what it tastes like”

 

[Private Lugnutz]

You guys remember the jingle, though, right? That one has been stuck in my head for 50+ years.

 

[Outlawmws]

Man you guys are killing it! Esp. Cm (major suckage)

My trivial finds: (only 4 sales, and I'm counting the weeks to the BIG sale of the yest (3 weeks ) preceded by a week by an extended family sale the week before, that is almost always good to me... )


First stop: 10$ for a Rockwell Porter Cable Router, Malco Sheet metal crimpers, and another blast from my past - I mentioned a week or so ago about the tackle box I found that was identical to the one I had given to me as a kid. today its one of the poles she gave me, WITH the same reel! Hope the reel cleans sup OK - 5 ft fiberglass? pole:





Smalls from several stops: (including TOO's) Some Mantles from a boxed lantern I passed on. a couple of tiny keys, Some Brass Wire, adn the SO 17MM socket and Craftsman small Philips driver were free, at a planned stop I've been to a number of times in the past with mixed results, but free is good!



From a TOO - a chance find as the boxes the came from were buried under Plastic garbage bags full of, I'm guessing, clothes, and not visible:

Greenlee Yankee type ratcheting speed drover (covered Cam spinner - usually only see that on the drills) an old USA made wood handle driver, -I look up the patent and the story that tell is Stanley Works and 1931 - "Connection means between driver adn handle" - and a Tru-Fit DOE.




Lastly, on a second trip out (one planned stop and a bunch of TOO,s only one TOO worked...)

An unused hydration pack with a bladder, (also unused)

 

[runwhatyabrung]

Not quite a Garage Sale, Picked up a Velodyne DPS-12 sub for $49.95, there is a chip on the back corner but it still pounds. You never know what you will find at Value Village

 

[RTM]

No idea the era of these. I'd imagine the 70s (for no particular reason)

Coors Light was 80s. I was already working and drinking (not that piss water) when it came out.